Security Bytes:

October, 2008

Security vendors and doomsayers have been using the specter of virtualized rootkits, undetectable malware worming its way into virtualized environments, and all manner of other bogeymen to warn people about the potentially terrifying security implications of deploying virtualization in their...

ICANN, the organization that controls the top-level domains, has pulled the accreditation of EstDomains, a hosting provider that has been under fire for months from the security community for allegedly...

There's an interesting post on the Wall Street Journal's Business Technology blog today about security vendors resorting to gimmicks and publicity stunts in order to sell more stuff and, allegedly, raise...

If you're planning to bring a new smartphone to market anytime soon, you might want to check with the guys at Independent Security Evaluators first. For the second time in about 15 months, ISE researchers have discovered a security flaw in the operating system of a high-profile smartphone, this...

Microsoft on Thursday will issue a rare out-of-band patch for a critical flaw that affects all versions of Windows from 2000 forward, including Vista and Server 2008. It's not known exactly what vulnerability the fix is...

A pair of security researchers in Switzerland have found several new ways to eavesdrop on the keystrokes from a number of different keyboards from a distance of up to several meters. The methods are similar to other attacks in that they rely on collecting the electromagnetic emanations from the...

The FBI says it has taken down a popular site used by carders and other criminals to exchange stolen information and credit card data, the result of a two-year-long investigation by the bureau and other international police agencies. The site, known as 0 CommentsRSS FeedEmail a friend

The FTC on Tuesday dropped the hammer on a group of alleged spammers who are notorious in the antispam community for their persistence and prolificness. The commission was successful in getting a U.S. District Court to indict two members of the HerbalKing spam gang, and also got the court to issue...